Why Should Difference Make Any Difference?
Dear Kimberly, Thanks for your thoughtful response to my October 11 letter about how gender roles become straitjackets. I’m glad you watched the trailers of the films I mentioned. And I was delighted to hear that you are also familiar … Continue reading
P.S. Women, Politics, and a Day of Remembering
Hi Letha, I know this is sort of unusual for our exchange of letters, but I realized that I wanted to let you and our readers know about a “day of remembering” happening the weekend before the election throughout cities … Continue reading
Remembering, Grieving, and the Pursuit of Wholeness
Hi Letha, I just finished watching the trailers of the movies you mentioned in your last letter, and I look forward to watching the actual films. Just the short excerpts were haunting. The image of that little girl on the … Continue reading
When Gender Roles Become Straitjackets
Dear Kimberly, I’ve been concerned that some of our recent conversations might strike our readers as irrelevant during this current economic crisis. It’s one thing for us to talk theoretically about whether or not women should make a career of … Continue reading
More on Mothers…But Where are the Dads?
Dear Letha, Two things strike me after listening to the NPR segment you mentioned between Alice and Nina Rossi, as well as the humorous song you referenced (“Daughters of Feminists”), and the grievous story of Rebecca and Alice Walker’s estrangement. … Continue reading
